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"IN DECIDING ON THE WAY FORWARD, WE WILL CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC AND OF THE EDUCATION SECTOR,' HE SAID.
THE OTHER DECISION TO YEAR FIRST 1995, SIR THAT OUR
POINTING OUT THAT THE CITY POLYTECHNIC AND ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONS WERE CENTRAL IN THE GOVERNMENT'S DOUBLE TERTIARY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE FIRST DEGREE PLACES FOR 18 PER CENT OF THE RELEVANT AGE GROUP BY DAVID SAID: "MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE, BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS WITH THEIR EXCELLENT TRACK RECORD WILL RISE то THE CHALLENGE."
SIR DAVID SAID STUDENTS OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC WOULD ALL BENEFIT FROM THE FINE FACILITIES OF THE RUN RUN SHAW LIBRARY.
NOTING THE HI-TECH INFORMATION SYSTEMS OF SIR DAVID SAID PERHAPS ONE DAY WE WOULD HAVE A LIBRARY AND ONLY COMPUTER SCREENS AND KEYBOARDS INSTEAD KNOWLEDGE ON SCROLLS AND PARCHMENT.
THE LIBRARY, WITHOUT BOOKS OF RECORDING
POSITION IN
HE POINTED OUT THAT LIBRARIES OCCUPIED A CENTRAL ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AS THE PLACE WHERE THE CUMULATIVE WISDOM OF RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE WAS READILY AVAILABLE TO HELP
IN THE FURTHER PURSUIT OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.
OBSERVING THAT TO INVEST IN THE NEXT GENERATION WAS TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, HE SAID HE WAS VERY ENCOURAGED THAT IN PURSUING THIS OUR ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS SO OFTEN ENJOYED THE WHOLE HEARTED SUPPORT OF LEADERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
SIR DAVID PAID A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO SIR RUN RUN WHO, OVER THE YEARS, HAD CONTRIBUTED GENEROUSLY TO THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE ARTS, AND HAD DEVOTED MUCH OF THE TIME ΤΟ OTHER CHARITABLE INITIATIVES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
"I ALSO WISH TO CONGRATULATE THE CITY POLYTECHNIC FOR ITS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE LAST SIX YEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING GRADUATES SERVING HONG KONG IN YEARS TO COME, HE SAID.
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PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE NATIONALITY SCHEME AFTER EASTER
THE SCHEME TO GIVE 50,000 HONG KONG FAMILIES BRITISH NATIONALITY WILL BE DEBATED IN PARLIAMENT SOON AFTER EASTER, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE NAMING CEREMONY OF RUN RUN SHAW LIBRARY OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC, SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD DISCUSSED THE WHOLE QUESTION WITH THE BRITISH HOME OFFICE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE, MR PETER LLOYD, THIS MORNING.
/"HE CONFIRMED